US 12,135,497 B2
Random weight initialization of non-volatile memory array
Cheng Chi, Jersey City, NJ (US); Takashi Ando, Eastchester, NY (US); Reinaldo Vega, Mahopac, NY (US); and Praneet Adusumilli, Somerset, NJ (US)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,454.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094719 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G03F 1/36 (2012.01); G03F 1/38 (2012.01); G03F 1/92 (2012.01)
CPC G03F 1/36 (2013.01) [G03F 1/38 (2013.01); G03F 1/92 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a main feature disposed on a surface of a photolithographic mask; and
Sub-Resolution Assistant Features (SRAFs) proximate to the main feature on the surface, the main feature being sized to generate a device area on a memory device based on an area dependence relationship with the SRAFs, the SRAFs to introduce programmable noise that provide a distribution of weight initialization for the main feature to provide initialization weights for a neural network.